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Tonight On The CBS Evening News

Here’s an early look at what we are working on for tonight’s broadcast from Anchor and Managing Editor, Katie Couric:

Hi everyone. We're broadcasting from Amman, Jordan, tonight to bring you full coverage of Senator Barack Obama's historic trip to the Middle East.

Senator Obama arrived today in Baghdad, where he met with senior Iraqi politicians, including Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki. This first stop in Iraq comes after one of the calmest weekends there in recent memory. David Martin has the very latest on this leg of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's trip.

Meanwhile, Senator John McCain is using his rival's trip as an opportunity to critique Obama’s Iraq War positions - especially Obama’s opposition to the troop surge. Jim Axelrod explains.

And later in the broadcast, I'll show you some of what Obama is trying to accomplish this week. I'll also examine the challenges that the Middle East will pose to the next president of the United States - no matter whom is elected.

Back in the United States: The landmark first terrorism trial in decades began today at the naval base in Cuba. It's the military tribunal of a Guantanamo Bay inmate, the former driver and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden. Bob Orr has the story.

While plenty of Americans say they don't know much about Barack Obama's foreign policy … lots of foreigners are watching the American presidential campaign extremely closely. I'll look at Obama's reputation outside of our borders.

I hope you'll join us tonight for all this and more from Amman.

Katie

For more information on these stories, please click on the following links:

Obama Meets With Iraqi Leaders
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Bin Laden's Driver Pleads Not Guilty
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And here's an early look at one of the stories we are working on for Tuesday’s broadcast:

Katie talks to Barack Obama about seeing the war zone first hand and how his visit could impact his foreign policy. That and more Tuesday night on the CBS EVENING NEWS.

If you would like more information on any of these stories or the broadcast, please click on the following address and e-mail us: evening@cbsnews.com

Tonight On David Letterman

Join Dave tonight with Actor Will Ferrell… Plus a demonstration by “Myth Busters” stars Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman!

Tuesday Morning On The Early Show

Harry Smith, Lara Spencer, of The Insider, and Chris Wragge, of our New York affiliate, WCBS, anchor THE EARLY SHOW from New York. Dave Price will bring us the weather. Julie Chen, Maggie Rodriguez and Russ Mitchell are on assignment.

Along with the top news of the day, we will also have the following stories:

KATIE COURIC ON BARACK OBAMA: Barack Obama met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday as part of his weeklong tour abroad aimed at bolstering his foreign policy credentials. The Senator also met with U.S. Gen. David Petraeus and soldiers on the ground in Iraq. Live from Amman, Jordan, Katie Couric will have insight into Obama’s historic trip as well as a sneak peek of her interview with the senator.

THE NEELY’S COOK: The Food Network’s cooking show, Down Home with the Neely’s features Pat and Gina Neely, co-owners of Neely's Bar-B-Q in Memphis, Tennessee. The Neely's have long been known for great cooking all over the South - after all, it's the food and the area they know best. But what about the rest of the country? Pat and Gina Neely are taking over Road Tasted, a show on the Food Network that allows them to travel all around the nation looking for family run businesses and one of a kind edibles. And Tuesday morning they will join us with a look at some of the more unusual things they found, and to show us some unusual barbeque recipes of their own.

SARAH BAREILLES PERFORMS!: Singer/song writer Sarah Bareilles achieved mainstream success this year due to her hit single Love Song. After being featured on a Rhapsody commercial in 2007, Love Song began climbing the Billboard pop charts, and jumped from number 73 to number 16… and kept climbing until it reached the number one spot in April 2008. The young pianist will join us live Tuesday morning in our studio to perform the hit song Bottle It Up from her latest album Little Voice.

REAL SIMPLE NEW USES FOR OLD THINGS: One of Real Simple's most popular columns is New Uses for Old Things: taking items you already have around the house and making them work double-duty for you. During this tough economic climate, it's even more popular, because it's a good money-saver too. Tuesday morning, Kris Connell will join us with a number of items you can repurpose and reuse.

WORLD SANTA CLAUS CONFERENCE IN COPENHAGEN: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in a Danish amusement park where Santa Clauses from around the world will gather for their annual three-day congress. The World Santa Claus Congress kicked off Monday and will bring together 136 red-clad delegates from different countries. The Santas will partake in activities such as a bicycle parade and hula hoop dancing. Mark Phillips will have more on the fifty one year old event and how it has transformed from a way to entertain children into a tradition for shopping mall "Santa’s" worldwide.

If you would like more information on any of these stories or the broadcast, please click on the following address and e-mail us: earlyshow@cbs.com

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